Early Learning

Preschoolers tend to be social beings. Whether they are playing with dolls side by side, building block castles together, or rolling down hills with friends, most young children enjoy the company of others. Playing together comes naturally, but you can help them negotiate turn taking, learning how to mend hurt feelings, and practice communicating positively while they play. Social Development for Three- and Four-Year-Olds highlights the milestones children tend to reach during the preschool years as they develop socially. You will see classroom scenarios that can provide insights into some of the ways young children make social connections, express their preferences, and play together. You will also learn strategies for supporting and nurturing their growth, especially in situations involving the following types of social skills:

• Forming friendships
• Sharing and cooperating
• Building a sense of happiness
• Dealing with teasing
• Playing in rough-and-tumble ways
• Exploring diversity
• Developing gender awareness
• Listening actively
• Building verbal communication skills
• Using the imagination during play

As a guide and facilitator, you can share strategies that will help preschoolers learn to be cooperative team members and kind friends while having fun together.

Part of the Gryphon House Growing Up in Stages series.

Promote fine-motor development for special-education students in pre-kindergarten–grade 1 using Fine Motor Fun!

This 160-page resource book is packed with suggestions and reproducible activities that strengthen fine motor and visual perception skills.

An excellent tool for helping children with Dysgraphia, Perceptual Motor Difficulties, and Developmental Coordination Disorders, this book includes hundreds of developmentally age-appropriate activities such as:

• scissors skills
• lacing cards
• stencils
• finger plays
• stringing activities
• dot-to-dots
• tracing
• finish-the-picture activities
• mazes
• tactile and first-pencil experiences

This book supports NCTE and NAEYC standards.

Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product line—comprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materials—is designed to assist in “Unlocking the Potential in Every Child.”

Reinforce listening and early reading skills, phonemic awareness, positional concepts, and much more with these Listening Lotto games!

To play, students listen to the sounds on the CD and place tokens on the images on their game cards that match what they hear.

Each game set includes 12 game cards (5.5” x 8.5” each) with 8 photos per card, 120 game tokens, an audio CD, and directions in English, Spanish, and French.

Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product line—comprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materials—is designed to assist in Unlocking the Potential in Every Child.

Features:

• Resource Guide

Children will eagerly assemble the pieces of Learning to Sequence: 3-Scene to determine what happens next in 16 picture stories.

For added fun, have children narrate the story from each scene. Each set includes 48 photographic cards plus game directions in English, Spanish, and French. It is perfect for ages 4 and up.

Features:

• Resource Guide

Help students identify numbers 1-30 and learn to correctly print them with these textured tracing cards.

Green dots show where to begin tracing and red dots show where to stop. Directional arrows teach correct number formation. Each set includes:

• 30 textured number cards (4.25" x 5.5" each)
• multisensory activities for number-sound recognition
• instructions in English, Spanish, and French

Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product line—comprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materials—is designed to assist in Unlocking the Potential in Every Child.

Encourage listening skills with Listening Lotto: Outside Sounds.

To play this game, students listen to the sounds on the CD and place tokens on the images on their game cards that match what they hear.

This game set supports NCTE and NAEYC standards and includes:

• 12 game cards (5.5” x 8.5” each) with 8 photos per card
• 120 game tokens
• an audio CD
• directions in English, Spanish, and French

Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product line—comprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materials—is designed to assist in Unlocking the Potential in Every Child.

Help students master colors with a content-based bulletin board set.

The 26-piece Just Teach Color Cards Mini Bulletin Board Set includes:

• 1 header (21" x 6")
• 10 color cards (6" x 8.5")
• 10 stars (2.97" x 2.85")
• 2 title cards (10.8" x 2.75")
• 1 color chart (6" x 9.8")
• 1 color wheel (assembled from 2 pieces, 10.25" x 11")

This set provides a convenient visual reference for students year-round.

The Schoolgirl Style™ line of contemporary classroom accessories takes the guesswork out of styling, managing, and perfecting classroom design. Each collection, designed by Melanie Ralbusky, offers a signature look that transforms empty spaces into extraordinary environments for students to enjoy.